The waste products are MUCH nastier than natural uranium. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L. Peres" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [OT:] Nuclear waste storage - arguments on design lifetime > Could they not powder it (well glass granulate or sinter or such) and mix > it with the waste rock and earth where it came from, and fill in the mine > with it ? If the uranium had been left alone and had radioactively decayed > in situ it would have ended up exactly like that, no ? Excepting for the > higher concentration (and thus activity) of decay products ? After all > using U from a mine in a reactor is like turning the clock of natural U > decay in fast forward mode. I am not saying it is simple or cheap. It > could double the cost of extraction (if it works at all). > > Peter > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads